Zero Cheating Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy sets forth the practices of Zero Cheating Inc. ("Company," "we," "us," or "our") regarding the collection, utilization, disclosure, and processing of information, which includes personal data referred to as "Your Data." When you make use of our Website located at http://www.zerocheating.com (the "Website") or engage with us through various communication channels such as customer support, tradeshows, conferences, events, webinars, emails, or social media pages (collectively, the "Services"), this Privacy Policy governs your interactions. Kindly note that this Privacy Policy does not cover the information we handle on behalf of our customers concerning exam takers (which is addressed separately in the Exam Taker Privacy Notice) or products and services subject to different privacy policies. By visiting the Website or engaging with us in any other way, you acknowledge and consent to the practices outlined in this Privacy Policy.
We retain the right to periodically modify this Privacy Policy. If any changes occur, we will notify you by updating the date at the top of this policy. Substantial modifications will be accompanied by additional notices, such as statements on our Website or notifications sent directly to you. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy regularly to remain informed about our information practices and the choices available to you. By accessing the Website subsequent to being informed of any changes to this Privacy Policy, you are deemed to have accepted those changes. If you have any inquiries regarding your privacy or our privacy practices, please refer to the "How to contact us" section provided below for the relevant contact details.
Contents
I. Collection of Information
Information You Provide to Us
We gather information that you directly provide to us. This includes when you complete forms, communicate with us through third-party platforms, seek customer service and support, register for our events and webinars, or engage in other forms of communication with us. The types of information we may collect consist of:
- Contact details such as your name, job title, phone number, organization or employer, state and country of residence or organization, job title, work sector, physical address, and email address.
- Comments, inquiries, and requests made by you.
- Information about your preferences, such as your preferred communication methods and the specific information you are interested in.
- Records and copies of our correspondence with you, including email addresses and phone numbers, if you get in touch with us.
- Any other information that you voluntarily provide to us.
When you interact with us, we automatically receive standard technical information, similar to most online services. We collect this data through various technologies such as browser cookies, pixel tags, web server logs, web beacons, embedded scripts, and other similar methods. These features enable us to personalize your experience on our website, gain insights into your usage patterns, and enhance and expand our services.
The information we collect includes:
a) Device and Usage Information
We collect information pertaining to your access to our website, including details about the device and network you utilize. This may encompass your hardware model, operating system version, mobile network, IP address, unique device identifiers, and browser type. Additionally, we gather data regarding your activities on our website, such as the time of access, pages viewed, links clicked, and the page you visited prior to navigating to our website. Similar to standard website servers, we employ log files that include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser types, internet service providers (ISPs), referring/exit pages, platform types, date/time stamps, and the number of clicks. We utilize this information to analyze trends, administer the site, track user movement in aggregate, and gather general demographic information. Personally identifiable information is tied to IP addresses, etc., to facilitate our web-based service.
b) Information Collected by Cookies and Similar Tracking Technologies
We (and those working on our behalf) employ tracking technologies such as cookies, web beacons, and embedded scripts to collect information about you. Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive or device memory that assist us in improving our website and enhancing your experience. They allow us to identify popular areas and features of our website, count visits, and measure the effectiveness of advertising and promotional efforts. We use both session cookies, which expire once you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which remain on your computer until you delete them. If you prefer not to have cookies stored on your hard drive, you may be able to disable this feature through your browser or device settings. Please consult your browser's documentation for instructions. However, please note that disabling cookies may limit the availability of certain website features.
Web beacons (also referred to as "pixel tags" or "clear GIFs") are electronic images that we use on our website and in our emails. They assist in delivering cookies, tracking visits, and understanding usage patterns and campaign effectiveness.
Embedded scripts are programming code designed to gather information about your interactions with the website, such as the links you click on. This code is temporarily downloaded onto your device from our web server or a third-party service provider and remains active only while you are connected to the website. It is subsequently deactivated or deleted.
c) Geolocation Information:
We may collect geolocation information from your device, wireless carrier, or certain third-party service providers.
Information We Collect from Other Sources
We acquire information from third-party sources, including but not limited to webinar hosting providers, trade show conferences, and advertising partners.
Additionally, we may collect information from users and visitors of other websites where you have engaged with us. This collection will be conducted in accordance with the terms of use and privacy policies of those websites and applicable legal provisions. This also extends to our social media pages on platforms such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube. For instance, we may collect information shared on our social media pages through an application or form that contains a hyperlink to this Privacy Policy. We may also receive personal information when you comment on our social media advertisements, post comments about us, or tag us in a public-facing social media post.
Furthermore, personal information may also be obtained by the third-party social media sites hosting our social media pages. These sites may provide us with aggregated information and analysis regarding the usage of our social media pages by visitors. This helps us understand and analyze user growth, general demographic information about page users, and their interaction with the content we publish. Please note that this Privacy Policy does not cover the collection of personal information by such third-party social media sites. For more details on their privacy and security practices, we recommend reviewing the privacy policies and terms of use on their respective websites.
Information we Collect Through Third-Party Data and Analytics Providers
We engage others (including Google Analytics) to provide analytics services and serve advertisements across the web and in mobile apps. These entities may use cookies, web beacons, device identifiers, and other technologies to collect information about your use of our Website and other websites and applications, including your IP address, web browser, mobile network information, pages viewed, time spent on pages or in mobile apps, links clicked, and conversion information. This information may be used by Zero Cheating and others to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, deliver advertising and content targeted to your interests on other websites, and better understand your online activity. These third-party services may also provide us with information based on inferences to better understand our users (see below). The information used by such services is usually at the aggregate level, but may contain identifiable personal information.
For more information about interest-based ads, or to opt out of having your web browsing information used for behavioral advertising purposes, please visit www.aboutads.info/choices, and if you are in the European Union, http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/.
For more information on Google Analytics, including how to opt out from certain data collection, please visit https://www.google.com/analytics. Please be advised that if you opt out of any service, you may not be able to use the full functionality of the Website.
Tracking Data
We collect tracking data using first and third-party cookies, pixels, web server logs, web beacons, and similar data collection and tracking technologies on the Website, third-party websites, apps and online services, and across your devices (such as IP address, browser, type, ISP, platform type, device type). Third parties such as advertising networks and analytics providers may also collect information about your online activities over time and across different websites and devices when you access or use the Website.
Inferences
We may derive information or draw inferences about you based on the information we collect. For example, we may make inferences about your location based on your IP address or infer your level of interest in our products and services based on your browsing behavior and interactions with us.
II. Use of Information
We use the information we collect about you to provide the Services to you, to operate our business, and to carry out any other purpose described to you at the time the information was collected.
Service-Related Usage
We use Your Data to provide and support the Website. This includes:
- Communicating with you and other customers, providing our Services, informing you about our work, and processing your requests;
- Monitoring and analyzing trends, usage, and activities in connection with our Website;
- Personalizing your experience with us;
- Sending you support and administrative messages, including to respond to your comments and questions and providing customer service;
- Setting up demonstrations of our products and services with you and your organization;
- Providing, maintaining, and improving our Website, products, and services, including debugging to identify and repair errors in our Website;
- Detecting, investigating, and preventing security incidents and other malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity and protecting the rights and property of Zero Cheating and others; and
- Complying with our legal and financial obligations.
We may also run calculations, aggregate, normalize, clean, enhance, and make derivative works of the information obtained about you in order to improve the Services and develop new products, services, features, and functionalities; and to test the Website and our infrastructure to make sure they are working correctly.
Marketing and Advertising
We may use Your Data for our and our partner’s marketing and advertising purposes, which includes:
Communicating with you about products, services, and events offered by Zero Cheating and others and providing news and information that we think will interest you (see the Your Choices section below for information about how to opt-out of these communications at any time); and personalizing the advertisements you see on third-party platforms and websites.
III. Children's Privacy
We do not seek to collect personal information about children under the age of 13 through our Website. If you are under 13, please do not provide any personal information. Parents and guardians should monitor their children's internet usage and instruct them not to provide personal information without permission. If we discover that a child under 13 has provided personal information, we will promptly delete it.
IV. External Websites and Payment Service Providers
We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of third-party websites linked on our Website. You should review the privacy policies and terms of those websites. Your use of third-party payment processors is subject to their terms and conditions, including privacy policies.
V. Security
We take reasonable steps to protect Your Data from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no security system is impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee the security of information transmitted over the internet. Please exercise caution when sharing information via email.
VI. Your Choices
Deletion of Information
If you want us to delete your information, please email us at [email protected]. We will process such requests to the extent compatible with our legal or regulatory obligations.
Cookies
You can adjust your browser settings to reject or remove cookies. However, this may impact the availability and functionality of our Website.
Promotional Communications
You can opt out of receiving promotional emails by following the instructions provided or by contacting us at [email protected]. Non-promotional emails may still be sent.
VII. Do Not Track
As mentioned earlier, third parties such as advertising networks and analytics providers may collect information about your online activities across different websites when you use the Zero Cheating Website. While some browsers offer a "Do Not Track" option, there is currently no industry-standard for commercial websites. At this time, Zero Cheating does not monitor, recognize, or honor any opt-out or do not track mechanisms, including general web browser "Do Not Track" settings or signals.
VIII. Notice to California Residents
Under California's "Shine the Light" law (Civil Code Section § 1798.83), California residents have the right to request specific information regarding the disclosure of their personal information to third parties for direct marketing purposes. This includes the names and addresses of those third parties, as well as examples of the types of products or services marketed by them. To make such a request, please send an email to [email protected].
IX. Notice to Nevada Residents
If you are a resident of Nevada, you have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information to third parties. You can exercise this right by contacting us at [email protected] with the subject line "Nevada Do Not Sell Request" and providing your name and the email address associated with your account.
X. Notice to All Non-U.S. Residents
The Zero Cheating Website is hosted in and provided from the United States and is intended for visitors located within the United States. If you are located outside the United States, please be aware that any information you provide to us will be transferred to the United States, where the privacy laws may not be as protective as those in your country of origin. By choosing to use the Services, you consent to the transfer and processing of your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy, and you do so at your own risk.
XI. Miscellaneous
When monitoring exam takers using the Zero Cheating multi-lens camera system and software, exam takers shall be made aware of the following functionalities relied upon for the service to remain effective. Said features and functionalities shall include but is ot limited to; motion sensors, radio frequency detection, infrared technology, biometric retina and facial recognition, privacy screen filters, and object detection technologies. Should Zero Cheating use any of these features to, we may collect the following types of information:
a) Motion Data: We may use motion data, such as movements and gestures made by exam takers during the examination process to determine if there are other unauthorized persons in the room.
b) Object Detection Data: We may collect data related to the presence or absence of objects within the exam environment, as detected by the object detection technologies.
c) Technical Information: In order to support the proper functioning of the monitoring system, we may collect technical information associated with the motion sensors and object detection technologies, including device identifiers, system logs, and error reports.
Information Security and Retention
Zero Cheating takes appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and security of the information collected through motion sensors and object detection technologies. We employ industry-standard security practices to safeguard against unauthorized access, use, disclosure, alteration, or destruction of the data.
The information collected from exam takers is retained only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy. Once the data is no longer required, it will be securely and permanently deleted or anonymized in a manner that prevents identification of individuals.
Disclosure of Information
Zero Cheating does not disclose exam taker information collected through motion sensors and object detection technologies to any third parties unless required by law or authorized by the exam taker's consent. We do not sell, rent, or lease such information to any external parties.
However, we may share exam taker information with authorized personnel within Zero Cheating who require access to perform their duties related to exam monitoring, system maintenance, and support. These individuals are bound by strict confidentiality obligations.
XII. How to Contact Us
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about this Privacy Policy, our privacy practices, or if you would like to exercise your rights and choices, please email us at [email protected].